Gottwals Books will begin selling bookstore locations all over the country. But, despite the expansion, the home-grown culture and local service that has served Middle Georgia for years will stay the same, its owner says.

Macon City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to accept $19.1 million in bond money for several early projects: the Tubman African American Museum, Fort Hawkins, the Macon Centreplex, the Second Avenue downtown corridor, storm drainage work and the purchase of public safety equipment.